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Ted Cruz, John Cornyn come out against Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial
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A group of U.S. House members that includes Texas Democrat Joaquin Castro is expected to transmit its article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the U.S. Senate Monday evening, setting the stage for a trial over Trump’s role in inciting the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection in the U.S. Capitol.
But there hasn’t been much indication that the two Texas Republicans in the Senate will be willing to convict. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz called the impeachment trial “vindictive and punitive” when he spoke to reporters in Capitol Hill last week, adding that “Congressional Democrats seem obsessed with their hatred for Donald Trump.”
Political firestorm erupts after Brecksville councilwoman, planning commissioner sign letter supporting Trump’s election fraud claims Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com
BRECKSVILLE, Ohio A Brecksville councilwoman and a member of the city’s Planning Commission believe that former President Donald Trump’s claim of massive voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election is true and their expression of that belief has fueled a political firestorm in the city.
Kim Veras and Dominic Sciria speaking as recording secretary and president, respectively, of the Cuyahoga Valley Republicans club voiced support for Trump in a Dec. 31 letter to U.S. Reps. David Joyce and Anthony Gonzalez and U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, all of whom represent the Brecksville area in Congress.
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Donald Trump gives two thumbs up as Donald Trump Jr and Ivanka Trump cheer (Getty Images)
Donald Trump Jr, the eldest son of former President Donald J. Trump, is the one following in his father s footsteps for a future bid for the White House and not Ivanka Trump, according to an expert. The 43-year-old s chances, however, may be hurt by the disorder that plagued Washington on January 6, when the U.S. Capitol was breached by an angry mob of Trump supporters, Dr. Sinead McEneaney told Express UK.
It s worth noting that Don Jr., who serves as the executive vice president of the Trump Organization, has hinted at a possible run for the White House in the past. In the run-up to the November election, he even posed in front of a banner emblazoned with the words “Don Jr. 2024.
After a mob of Donald Trump supporters infamously stormed the Capitol on January 6 , Republican Arizona Congressman David Schweikert made some seemingly contradictory decisions. He voted to both affirm Arizona s election results in the 2020 presidential race and to challenge the results in Pennsylvania, two states that Democratic President Joe Biden won.
On the same day of the attack on the Capitol, Republican Congressman Paul Gosar, who represents Arizona s 4th Congressional District, and Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, both formally objected to Arizona s electoral college votes for President Joe Biden. An objection was also filed by Congressional Republicans against the electoral college votes from Pennsylvania, a crucial swing state that Biden also won. Both objections were voted down, but the process served as a litmus test of loyalty to Trump after his supporters caused a riot and disrupted Congress s certification of the 2020 election results.